NVIDIA plan to support Linux with GeForce NOW using Chrome
For a while you've been able to use NVIDIA GeForce NOW in your browser, however it looks like NVIDIA will be making that a bit more official for Linux.
Category: Misc
The Internet Archive are keeping Flash creations alive with the open source Ruffle
Like many of you, I have certain fond memories of playing various Flash games many years ago. There's obviously many better ways to do web games now and Adobe are killing Flash in December.
Facebook are now funding the open source 3D creation suite Blender
In a move that's sure to raise a few eyebrows, the Blender Foundation has announced that Facebook has joined the Blender Development Fund.
Watch a rocket go into space right now for Valve's Gabe Newell to donate to charity
As we mentioned earlier this month, Valve president Gabe Newell teamed up with Rocket Lab and Weta Workshop to attach Half-Life gaming icon Gnome Chompski to a rocket.
Collabora put up their patches for Linux Kernel work to help Windows games on Linux
Collabora, one of the companies working under contract for Valve to help improve Windows game emulation on Linux with the likes of Wine have now sent in some patches to the Linux Kernel mailing list for discussion.
Valve contractor working to add Direct3D 12 support to APITrace for VKD3D-Proton
Valve contractor Joshua Ashton, who originally created the Direct3D9 to Vulkan layer D9VK which was eventually merged with DXVK, is now working to help VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 to Vulkan.
Help out with FOSS as the Budgie Desktop team need translations help
Ever tried or heard of the Budgie Desktop? It's a modern and feature rich Linux desktop environment from the Solus Linux team and they need a little help.
Valve dev clarifies what some of their upcoming and recent Linux work is actually for
Valve are committed to Linux and Linux gaming with Steam, that much is currently clear. They're working with so many contractors on various things, and it seems not everything is as people think.
Gabe Newell of Valve is launching Gnome Chompski into space (yes really)
As if 2020 couldn't get any weirder, today a press mail from Valve Software entered our inbox because Gabe Newell, president of Valve, is getting a garden gnome sent into space. No this is not Kerbal Space Program.
Testing integer scaling with Valve's gamescope micro-compositor for Linux
Gamescope from Valve developer Pierre-Loup A. Griffais is described as a micro-compositor that can spoof a virtual screen with a desired resolution and refresh rate and control/resize the output as needed. Here's a few early scaling tests taken.
Come watch a Linux game get built up and packed during the Linux Application Summit
As we mentioned previously the Linux Application Summit will be happening online this November 12 - 14, and it seems one Linux game porter will be attending.
Collabora expect their Linux Kernel work for Windows game emulation in Kernel 5.11
Collabora have been doing presentations during the Open Source Summit, with one particular talk from Gabriel Krisman Bertazi on the "State of Linux Gaming" being quite interesting. Plus Collabora are hiring.
Facebook announces their own Cloud Gaming service
Facebook announced yesterday that they're throwing their controller into the Cloud Gaming ring, although they seem to be doing it differently.
Developer of Hive Time reflects on the release and their pay what you want model
Hive Time from developer 'Cheeseness' released nearly a year ago, and so the developer has written up a length post on the development and the finances. A good read if you like behind the scenes dev info.
According to a Stadia developer, streamers should be paying publishers and it backfired
After a three day event to show off new games for Stadia, along with three special demos now live you would think Google was having a good time. Unfortunately, one developer derailed it all.
bpytop might be the freaking-coolest way to monitor your Linux system
Okay, hear me out. You want to keep an eye on your system for things like RAM use, disk space, processor load and more…but you want something a tiny bit flashy that's still simple enough to run in a terminal window? You need to try out bpytop.
CodeWeavers releases CrossOver 20, big rebranding with 'PortJump and ExecMode'
CodeWeavers, one of the biggest sponsors of the compatibility layer Wine have announced a major rebranding along with the release of Crossover 20.
Prison Architect turns 5 and gets two classic editions available to download
Today, October 6, Paradox Interactive are celebrating Prison Architect turning 5 years old so they've done something a bit special to mark the occasion.
System76 are doing some serious magic with Pop!_OS and Auto Tiling
With the release back in April of Pop!_OS 20.04, the distribution made by hardware vendor System76, it came with an impressive Auto Tiling feature that System76 continue expanding.
SteamTinkerLaunch is a huge all in one Linux wrapper tool for gaming
You all love to tinker right? SteamTinkerLaunch is an open source project to bundle together tons of available extra options for running your Steam games.
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